The day passed fast and Logan hadn't heard any news on Daniels or Faye. Earlier in the day, the news came on with a special bulletin about the massacre case. The students turned up the television to see if they said anything about Jade.
"I'm stading where the police found the bodies of four of the five missing people. Witness who found the bodies identified them as eighteen-year-old Zack Hinder, forty-two-year-old Fran Charles, sixty-year-old Miles Johnson and seventeen-year-old Jade Fey..."
"What?!?" Logan cried out.
The students looked at him wierdly, but soon turned back to the television.
"All victims suffered mild cuts and beatings but died aparently, of anemia, among other petty diseases. The whereabouts of twenty-four-year-old Rita Anderson are still puzzling authorities, however an investigation is already under way to see if family and friends have any reasons to suspect her. Her mother answered that she was a happy person, with lots of friend, very intelligent, very hard-working; her friends also reported that it would have been impossible for her to commit any of those crimes. In a statement released this morning, the Bayville Police Department said that she has not had any history of manic depression, paranoia, or any other mental disabilities. Back to you, George."
"Thank you, Terry," said the anchor. "We will continue to bring you any updates as they come...oh, this is just in, authorities have reported that Rita Anderson, the suspect of all the murders, was found. She was taken into custody ten minutes ago. Her condition was deplorable; she was badly beaten, as if she was tortured. She was very hurt and weak. Police is now questioning her as to what really happened. This network is trying to get a news crew at the station, so stay tuned for continuous new updates."
Scott turned off the television and turned to talk to the Professor.
"Where's Logan?" he asked, looking around the room.
"I don't know, he was just here a minute ago," said Hank.
Logan raced up the stairs and into his room. He got his communicator and turned it on. All he found was a dead link. He muttered some curse words in anger, threw the communicator across the room, and started thrashing it.
"Logan, please, come downstairs for a moment," asked Xavier, telepathically.
Logan panted in a mix of anger and exhasperation, he growled deeply and marched downstairs.

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Rita Anderson walked out of the police department, she was still very weak, the doctors had told her to stay in the hospital, but she refused. The police had made the most exhausting interrogatory ever. But she had gotten through it , and, with luck, they would try to look somewhere else for the culprit.
Rita shielded the sunlight from her eyes and called a cab.
"Xavier's Institute for the Gifted, please," she told the cab driver.
The ride to the Institute was a pleasant one. The afternoon air was cool but not too cold. About a mile and a half away from the Institute's gates, she asked the driver to stop.
"I'll walk the rest of the way," she said, with her ever-enigmatic smile.
She paid the driver and started walking; halfway through, a portal opened up and she walked right through.
"About time you got here," said Tom.
"Sorry," she answered, taking the mask off. "The police kept me longer than I thought."
"So, Daniel, do you mind letting Faye take over now?"
"Uhh.... not yet," he answered, changing into Faye's uniform.
"Please, Daniel," Faye pleaded through a couple of strategically placed speakers. "Please, I need the body now. You got what you wanted, now let me do what I need."
"Oh, you mean saving Rogue and Scott? Really, Genie, why did you have to get so attached to those wretched kids?"
"They're important..."
"To whom? Xavier? Logan? You??? You can't possibly be serious."
"Daniel, you got what you wanted!!! You terrorized the entire city; you killed all those people! I need the body. NOW!!!"
"Fine, but you do know that this is a trap, right?"
"I don't care."
"Oh? It'll be fun working for Magneto for a while," said Daniel , and, with that, he allowed Faye to have full control of the body.
Faye came back violently. She found that Daniel had wasted most of the energy he stole, and fell to her knees, the images of each murder flooded her mind; she tried shutting them down but couldn't. Slowly, she gathered enough strength to bring herself up. The first thing that she reached for was her mask, which she found on top of the table, and hurriedly put it on. With this newfound shield, Faye looked at Tom.
"Don't say anything," she said, unbuttoning her shirt.
"I wasn't going to," he answered, looking at her.
She turned around and started putting on her uniform. It was all stained with patched of dried blood and ripped due to her fight with Sabertooth. She braided her long hair and buckled up her cape.
"How long has it been?" she asked.
"Three days."
"And Magneto?"
"Nothing, yet."
"Ok, open a portal somewhere with lots of vegetation and small animals."
"How much energy do you need?"
"A lot."
"Is it not easier to do the same Daniel does?"
"I'm not killing again."
"Fine," he said opening a portal to the Amazon Forest.
"I'll be back in a while," she said, took a communicator, in case of emergencies, and left.

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"Ya called?" asked Logan as he entered Professor Xavier's private study.
"Yes, please have a seat," he said.
Logan looked around and noticed that the good professor was alone.
*Better this way,* he thought.
~*I thought you would've approved of a private session,*~ Xavier answered.
Logan winced. "Ya knew."
"Yes."
"How long?"
"Oh, for a while now. Around the time you threw her out of here. How is she doing, by the way?"
"Gone, I hope."
"Oh, now, you can't possibly mean that. I know she means a lot to you."
"Yeah, unfortunately. I haven't had any news of her in three days."
"About the time the five went missing."
"Right. How much did ya find out?"
"Bits and pieces. I wanted to find out more, but she probably discovered that I was probing your mind as well as trying to enter hers, and saw in you a way out."
"Hmmm...."
"She acted on insticnt, though. I found that rather strange."
"No, she's got no instincts. Everything she does is for a reason. Daniel probably made 'er do it."
"Only you can help me understand the things I saw. Will you help me fill in the missing pieces?"
"Tell me what ya know?"
"Well, it was hard entering your mind. However, once she insulted you and you started fighting, you dropped your defenses," said Xavier, wheeling his chair near Logan. He placed his hands on Logan's head. "Relax."
Logan closed his eyes and they concentrated. Images started popping up oh his mind, some where still pictures, while others were memories that played like a video.
He saw the day he and Sabertooth found her in the woods near Madagascar, she wasn't a day older than seven but it still took them a long time to capture her.

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"I don't really 'member how I got the assignment," started Logan. "But I 'member Sabertooth being very excited about it. I saw her lookin' at me from between the leaves of a bush. I growled and charged up to her but she was already gone. Nick Fury told me to catch her scent and we followed it to a waterfall. I 'member how odd her small but well-built body looked 'gainst that gigantic view. We looked at her curiously, as she looked down. I don't know what Fury thought at that moment, but I was wondering why was that kid so important to 'im and to S.H.I.E.L.D., and why were three grown men sent in jus' to get 'er. Her eyes narrowed as she turned 'round and looked at us. She crouched down and stared. It was such a cold, dead stare.
"'Enough,' Sabertooth had said, as he charged towards her.
"She hit her right hand on the ground and her body fell backwards. She did a backflip in mid-air and locked her arms and legs tight against her body.
"*Wow!* I had thought at the time. 'She is very well trained,' Fury said.
"I went to the edge of the waterfall and looked down. Her head popped out of the water, but she was caught in a current and was now fightin' the river.
"'Well, not enough, I guess,' I remarked.
"'Come on, we can get her as she's comin' outta the river,' Creed said. 'She's gonna pay for makin' me look like a fool.'
"I said, 'Ya are a fool.'
"'We can't hurt her, those were the orders,' Fury said.
"And Sabertooth said, 'Or what?'
"So I said, 'Or I hurt ya, bub.' *SNIKT* 'Problem? Now, let's move.'
"Sabertooth didn't like it much, but we started moving and made our way down. We saw her sitting on a large rock, trying to catch her breath. I noticed that she was hackin' somethin', which was probably a sign that she'd been in the jungle for too long. I watched her stand up and look around.
"She looked straight at us and concentrated. She couldn't see us, we hid 'hind a bunch o' trees, but still we crouched down just to make sure. Her small arm started glowin' light blue, and suddenly, she fired a hot of blue energy. The energy came straight at us but hit the base of a huge tree instead, it fell toward her and served as a bridge between her and the bank of the river.
"She carefully crossed, when she reached safety, she pulled her clothes and bag over her head and twisted them. She stood in her underwear, looking around, and collecting leaves, twigs, and sticks. With them, she made a little mound, drew her hands closer to it and concentrated. This time both of her hands glowed bright red.
"Saberooth motioned to us that he was goin' to catch her, but I stopped him.
"'She knows we're here,' I whispered.
"'No, she don't,' he tried arguing, but Fury said, 'How do ya know that?'
"I told 'em that I could smell it on her. I said, 'she just a kid, so she don't know how to hide her scent yet.'
"Creed growled and said, 'let's just gang up on 'er.'
"Outta nowhere, a wave o' energy hit Sabertooth. Fury and I looked over the bushes and saw her standing there with her hands stretched out in front of her. She panted and gasped for air, as if she had released too much energy, too fast. Suddenly, she fell to her knees and fainted.
"I looked from Creed, who was out cold, to that small girl that laid abour four feet away from me. I walked towards her and tried to touch her hair, but she lifted her head up, growled and reached for my throat. Even though her hands were very small, she knew the exact point on my neck that would take me down. She had such an incredible force, when she pressed on, that I gagged and fell. The way was free for her to leave, so she started runnin'. Then, Fury took out a gun to threaten 'er but Sabertooth got if from him and fired three shots into her lower back.
"I got up and screamed at him, 'Are ya crazy?!?' I said. 'We were supposed ta bring'er back _alive_!!!' And he said, 'the bitch had it coming.'
"I lost my cool and charged up to him, claws out, punchin' and kickin'im on the stomach. My claws pierced right through his flesh.
"'That's for screwin' up the assignment,' I said and with my other claw I pushed into his side and pulled his guts out. I said, 'and _that's_ for killin' an innocent girl.' Then looked at Fury, who was gettin' up. 'And ya, ya were gonna shoot her too, ain't that right?'
"Fury smiled and pointed to the girl. I turned 'round, looking at all her belongin's, which were scattered all over the ground. I lifted my eyes to the girl and she moved slightly. Curious, Fury and I watched her pull'erself up, put her left hand, which was glowin' green, on the wounds and groan. She howled in pain as the wounds started to heal. When seh was done, shse turned 'round, she had tears on her eyes, she whispered, 'Tom, help me' and fell.

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"I understand now," said Xavier. "She doesn't have that memory."
"Must have lost it while she was at Weapon X."
"This was the only one I couldn't understand too well. It was too fast and too confused."
"That was my first encounter with Daniel, but not the most dangerous."
"There are more. They'll go faster now. I could understand them much better."
Once again they concentrated and another image appeared on Logan's mind.
It was a memory of him escaping from S.H.I.E.LD. with her small, fragile body on his arms, and heading off to Japan. Then, a picture of them with Grampa Tokihiro. And that's how the images flowed in his mind. They covered every bit of memory they had ever made together.
It was all there. They day Sabertooth kidnapped her from the dojo at the age of nine. Her finding him in Canada after years of him searching; she was older then. The day that he decided to cross over to Zhar's realm to be near her, the battles they fought together, the way that they had to leave to escape from Zhar's agents, their first date, the nights they spent talking, how they fought after nearly three years together, watching Yuki die in his arms....
"Stop!" asked Logan.
"I know they're very difficult memories. However, they're your memories, not hers."
"What?"
"Yes, her memories were very different than yours. Most of her memories were dark and confused. Her mind is an awful mess, full of anger, hate , and, most of all, fear."
"That should be Daniel."
"No, actually, I think it wasn't. Daniel had shields up and I couldn't concentrate long enough to try to pierce through them. She, on the other hand, had a lot of mixed feelings bottled up inside of her. Now, tell me, Logan, is she dead?"
"Dead?!? Impossible! Not her."
"Where is she?"
"Dunno," he shrugged, rubbing his eyes.
"Well, do you know what she's doing here, at least?"
"Magneto's plannin' an attack. A friend asked her to come here and make sure everythin's ok."
"Magneto? That isn't unusual. I've been picking up his movements while trying to find my brother."
"Magneto released 'im. They disappeared after a while, not Tom ain't answerin', and I can't find 'er."
"Maybe I can."
"No, ya can't," he said and Xavier winced. "She put somethin' on Cerebro, it ain't gonna work. My only hope was Tom, but he ain't gonna link me 'gain."
"Why not?"
"They're hidin' I know that much. When she left for the third time, she stole the linkin' chip from my communicator. She knew she wasn't gonna be comin' back, so she kept me in the dark."
"Yes, I saw that too."
"Ya can't tell the others, though. It's better to keep the kids away from 'er too."
"She isn't as dangerous as you think, Logan. But you're right. She might act recklessly near the kids. What do you suggest we do?"
"Keep sayin' there's a madman out there and hope them kids will listen to ya."
"It might be best if they're inside. Especially with Magneto and Juggernaut on the loose. Nearly al of them didn't want to go to school. Come to think of it, only Rogue, Jean and Roberto went; the others had too much on their minds to go."
"They home yet?"
"Jean and Roberto might be. Rogue called saying she had to go studying with a friend."
"She outta be back 'fore night."
"Yes...," he trailed off.
Logan sniffed the air around him and looked at Xavier, whom had his hands cupped in front of him and his eyes closed. Suddenly, they heard a crash coming from Logan's room.
"She's here," Logan said and Xavier nodded. They made their way up to his room, still hearing noises of destruction coming from it. Instinctively, Xavier contacted the students and asked them to stay away from Logan's room.
As they reached the door ajar, Logan quietly extended his claws and got ready to attack. He burst into the room and whistled. Xavier wheeled his chair carefully inside and was astonished at the mess.
"I didn't do this," Logan said, looking darkly at the lonely figure in the middle of the room.
Xavier turned his attention to her. Her back was turned to them , and, through a hole in the wall, the wind blew the strands that had fallen down from her braid and her cape; her scythe and her left hand glistered in the sun. She looked frighteningly intimidating, and yet very helpless and lonely. Xavier looked around the room. It was a mess! The wall was partially destroyed, Logan's bed was nothing more than a pile of junk, his desk and the closet were gone, and the TV had gone up in flames.
"Traitor," she growled at Logan.
"I ain't done nothing. Chuck knew everythin' already."
"Traitor," she hissed again.
"Faye, ya ain't thinkin' straight. Don't make me hurt ya."
As she turned around, the word "traitor" rang several times on their heads.
"Daniel," Logan growled.
Xavier tried reaching inside her mind but couldn't concentrate right with the word "traitor" being whispered all the time in his mind. He looked at her and saw that her eyes were lifeless, as if she were in a trance, the same way they looked in Logan's memory of her young. Suddenly, she raised her hand and released an enormous energy blast. Logan dodged to one side, Xavier tumbled his chair to the other and the blast hit the wall behind them. Faye ran to the hole in the wall and jumped through it.
Ignoring the Professor's request, Jean, Ororo, Scott, Amara, and Sam came running to see what had happened. By the time they got there, the Professor had already made his way to his chair and was now talking to Logan.
"It wasn't Daniel. I'm sure of it."
"Professor, what happened?" asked Scott.
"Nothing. We just had an encounter with a not-so-friendly person. Ororo, please see that the others are all right. Logan, come with me."
They left, while the others were left scratching their heads.